Polar Chevrolet Super Car
 

Would you consider a dealer-converted engine swap to be a Super Car even if this may have been the only car they did?

https://i.ibb.co/8K4sQnh/67778901-10...04209920-n.jpg

I would vote 'yes'. Stripes, decals, and other visuals were really not what made a 'Supercar', it was the engine.

My vote is a Yes!! Very cool.

Hell yes especially with documentation.

Definitely, and I'd love to see the Chevelle in the ad. Anyone have any leads on it or is it a known car?

I would

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03/18 Thread w/ some Polar info also another Ad from 01/68 for likely the same car, click here…
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1394474
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~ Pete

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Very cool!!!

I'd go for it!

I would say yes, as Yenko, Gibb and others, started the supercar movement with dealer conversions. Polar was in my "neighborhood" and was there often looking or buying the occasional part. I never knew of a '68 conversion, but I was only 16 at that time. A HS friend bought an L78 300 Chevelle new there in '69.
The dealership is still there, just went by it a few days ago. I was on a test ride with my family in 1966, as my Dad wanted a Chevelle and we rode in a Marina blue hardtop. No he didn't buy it, he bought an Aztec Bronze hardtop from Champion Chev instead.

Begs the question …

older picture of the dealership

Went by the dealership last week. The Bear is still there...


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.ph...5517655864.jpg

Too bad the Chevelle isn't still there!

That Chevelle was most likely beat to death by the time it was 5 yrs old and then the oil embargo started. Plenty of big block cars had their hearts ripped out and replaced with small blocks.

My L72 Biscayne was sold new at Polar Chevrolet. I have a cool key chain that has the Polar bear holding the bowtie.

Do you have history on it, how it ended up in Washington ?
Are you acquainted with Chad Keifer in MN ? I think he has an FB page and is very into L72 B body cars from MN.